^{38 Ref} And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave `him' leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.

^{39 Ref} And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

^{40 Ref} So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

^{41 Ref} Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid.

^{42 Ref} There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.